| Address: | Udupi, Karnataka, 576101 |
Dear sir/madam,
I live in the chitpady ward in the udupi district of karnataka. I have attached the photo of the drainage which is in front of our house. It has been blocked by 2 residents in the colony by illegally constructing their doorsteps in the drainage pathway. The stagnated water has paved way for insect breeding and thereby raising various deadly communicable diseases like dengue, chikungunya, malaria etc. There are around 75 houses in the colony and around 100 children who play around in that area. The situation could get worse anytime. We have raised our concern with all the departments in municipality and health. We have also approached the district commissioner and the mla. The health department had come for a survey and took the samples of the water and have informed us that this is a life-threatening problem which requires urgent solution. We had lodged the complaint with the municipality and have visited the municipal commissioner mr. Manjunathayya 15 times. When we didn’t get any response, we approached the mla of our constituency mr. Pramod madwaraj 2 times, and both times he has signed the complaint and asked us to give it to the municipal commissioner for immediate construction of the drainage. When this also failed, we approached the district commissioner and placed our complaint before her. She called the municipal commissioner for clarification but he asked for time for sorting things out. He didn’t respond back for 1 month. We again went to the district commissioner and this time when the dc asked the municipal commissioner, he lied that it was private property. Then we submitted all the documents for dc’s reference. We urged the dc to visit the spot and she obliged. She visited the colony, saw the situation for herself and called the municipal commissioner immediately and ordered to start the construction as the residents have illegally constructed on government property. Following all these, the counsellor mr. Ramesh kanchan visited the site after dc’s exit and gave threat to my wife, mother in law and the colony people. He also challenged that we could do nothing as he won’t allow it to happen. This counsellor is already involved in manhandling of citizen and that was caught on camera. It appeared in news channels also. The residents feel threated as he could indulge in physical harm. Then we approached the local media which published the news and in that the counsellor again said it will be done in 1 month time. It’s been 4 months now, still we are roaming around the municipality, dc office and mla office. We are concerned about the children around the colony, not only ours. There are so many old aged people and pregnant ladies. If something happens to them, it will be a murder, not the disease as the counsellor is adamant in not doing his duty. The counsellor does not live in that area, hence he is not bothered as his wife and children are safe. What about us? Citizens? Sir, i beg you to take up this matter and kindly provide justice to us.
With regards and waiting in anticipation
Sony supriya
House no. 3-2 (F) 8
2nd cross road
Bhagya mandira
Chitpady, udupi – 576101
Karnataka
Phone no. [protected]
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